Hello. I'm Aurora. I've been into anime for about 9 years. My 1st anime was pokemon but my "starter" anime I consider to be Naruto as that has gotten me into all animes. Some may consider me quiet. But I can still talk with anyone as long as they're nice and respectful.

I recently started making youtube videos. These will mostly be video game and visual novel related videos on the PC. I can take certain types of requests to show playthroughs and battles, or special types of the above it will be up to me whether I carry through that request. It has to be within reason naturally, if it is I will try my best to do it when I can.

If you want to know more about me feel free to ask. I'll probally want to know more about you in exchange. I'll tell you simple things, but I will never say anything too personal like my "real name" even if you tell me yours so do not ask please.

Typically I don't have a particular favorite genre. Generally they involve an element of fantasy and psychological part. As long as the anime can hold my interest and allow me to connect with at least 1 of the main characters, I can watch almost any anime.

Here are some of my top favorite animes of all time. This list will continue to change as I watch more anime, or my feelings toward anime I've watched before change as well as gain new perspectives.

1. Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni- I basically watched this anime right after Elfen Lied since I've heard people compare this to Elfen Lied. It starts out innocent and cute and quickly gets creepy and brutal. You wouldn't believe this to be a horror anime from watching the 1st 2 episodes! This show also has a lot of characters I like which is important. Beyond the betrayal and paranoia present in this show, it holds great themes such as friendship and overcoming fate. And presents a mystery. It is mostly a debate between whether Oyashiro-sama's curse is actually a curse or caused by humans who want us to think it's Oyashiro-sama's curse. A similar theme is present in the sister series Umineko which is also just as good as Higurashi.

2. Brynhildr in the Darkness- Seeing as this was done by the creator of Elfen Lied, I had to see this. It is a sister of Elfen Lied with the same relationship as with Higurashi and Umineko. However the characters really stick out at you strongly, even more so than Elfen Lied. And they make you want to see them survive and life the "normal" life they couldn't live before. The Protagonist Ryouta is great. He has an ability called Photographic Memory which I refer to as Perfect Memory and has been haunted because he believes he caused his childhood friend's death. And he is unable to forget it and has avoided further relationships. This changes when a character who looks similar to his childhood friend appears, and it turns out she is a fugitive from an organization because she is a Witch with special powers. More of these witches eventually come in and Ryouta wants to help them survive against this organization and find out if aliens exist. It is painful to see the characters go through pain and near death experiences and you will want to see them survive regardless of the odds of certain torture and death.

3. 11 Eyes- Got to say I really enjoyed this anime. It was one of those rare ones where there wasn't a single main/secondary character I disliked. Allow me to rant about its good points. Characters are taken to an parallel dimension (which is always a fun thing) and they fight Larves and a group called the Black Knights. They don't know why they are fighting. There is also a girl imprisioned in a crystal named Lisette. Without spoiling too much I will say she is my main favorite character from this show and one of my most favored characters of all time in anime on the par with Lucy (Elfen Lied), Light Yagami, and Shion Sonozaki.

4. Psycho Pass- This anime is true art. It is a sci-fi that takes place in a 1984 similar type of world. A person's potential to commit crime can be quantified and visualized. Even just thinking about a crime is enough to get you branded a latent criminal for the rest of your life. This is Japan ruled by the Sibyl System. The protagonist Akane Tsunemori is a new inspector who's job it is to track down criminals. With her are enforcers, who are latent criminals themselves, and track down other criminals while being watched by the inspectors. Their guns are sentient, they will only work if a target's crime coefficient is high enough. Opposing the Sibyl System is antagonist Shogo Makishima who seeks to bring people's free wills back. This is sort of a law vs chaos type of anime written by Gen Urobuchi (same person who wrote Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, another great anime). The next generation Death Note. And has you decide which is the better of the 2 trying to make the world better. It is perfection, or as close to perfection as one can get.

Naruto- Not the 1st anime I watched but it was the anime that got me into anime

Angel Beats- This anime was awesome for being unique and set in a world after death where people can imagine and summon weapons and fight without worrying about death. The character of Tenshi is also facinating, you'll love her if you watch the show.

Inuyasha- A very good anime. It has about something for everyone. 2 Tsunderes who have a relationship that builds throughout the show. And the protagonists and the other groups of anti-heroes are bound by the hatred of a common enemy. Naraku, a hanyo just like Inuyasha. It is the best 100+ ep anime out there with minimal filler.

Death Note- 3rd anime I think. It showed me there was more to anime than just the typical Shounen plot/fights. There's the awesome Mental/psychological battles. A key thing is that I personally agree with Light's ideals he worked hard to make the world a better place. That's not something that can be considered "evil" as some think of him. Clearly because of this I hated the ending and hated the 2nd season as a whole. The show didn't feel the same after the 1st season.

Mirai Nikki A survival game with the main tool being a Diary (cell phone/scroll) that can see into the future. It is similar to Fate/SN and The Hunger Games with the survival game aspect. Thou what really makes it interesting are the characters of Yuno Gasai and Minene Uryu. They bring awesome qualities to the show and are fun characters to watch.

Code Geass- Like Death Note but a little more physical action lol. Can't help but wonder if I got my insane obsession with eyes and psychology from this anime? O_O

3x3 Eyes- Normally this anime would be on my top 5. Even above Elfen Lied if I see the whole series. Thou the manga series I found out is about 40 volumes long and the anime ova only covers an 1/8th of that. While the Elfen Lied Anime at least covered 1/2th of the manga. It is a very interesting series from what I've seen so far and thought I should mention it. I even heard it inspired part of Elfen Lied which would automatically ensure a place on my top 5.

Jigoku Shoujo- Similar to Death Note dealing in a dark atmopshere. Every episode seeing Enma Ai-san take requests to send people to hell is interesting, especially since 90% of the time the recipiants of the curse are total bastards which makes it even more satisfying. It also has a very great Soundtrack.

Some anime characters I really love:

Lucy-Sama

Shion-Sama

Light-Sama

Lieselotte-Sama

I'm afraid I have to put up a collection of Yuki-Onna pictures They're my favorite type of Youkai so you know. I must!

There are manyy other characters I love as well. These are the main ones which have sparked special moments in their animes And hold a special place of respect for Aurora.

I also read visual novels, I don't have a very big collection right now, but I forsee my collection growing in the future. My favorites for now include:

Yumina the Ethereal- This is the main 1st visual novel I've bought. It has a fantastic and unique story with memorable characters, it also has some rpg elements that make it even more interesting. There isn't really a genre you can classify this story in as it seems to be one of those that have a little of everything.

Saya No Uta/Song of Saya- Being a fan of Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass, and Fate/Zero, it follows that a visual novel I would have to have would come from the writer of the series mentioned above. Gen Urobuchi! It was a great story of course and similar to Umineko, it really messed with my head planting questions such as "what is reality". While it is difficult to make sense of these questions, they are interesting to think about.

Video Games are another hobby of mine. I can't count how many I've played though the series that have stood out most to me throughout my life include:

Metroid Series- Pretty much my 1st official video game series I really started playing it deserves a mention. I've played video games before with my friends but from 1st owning a Gameboy Advance I've been hooked to the Metroid series for forever basically. I love pretty much all the games before Other M. With Metroid Prime 2: Echoes being my favorite. Super Metroid/Metroid Prime also coming close. I would consider Metroid to be the best creation of Nintendo for having incredible gameplay (in both 3rd& 1st person) interesting aliens, along with a great overall story that slowly pans out. 3 great things that make for a great game.

Shin Megami Tensei series- by chance I discovered this game at a local gamestore, for only $20 this proved to be one of the best game purchases I ever made. I played SMT: Devil Survivor seeing as RPGs are awesome this one was a classic awesome rpg. I think it to be better than pokemon or any other rpg I've played before. To call it my favorite RPG would be an understatement. You get to control and fight demons YES!! DEMONS!! and choose different routes. The ending and enemies change depending on which path you take which is normally either a Law (totalitarian) or Chaos (Anarchy) path. 2 extremes. There is Neutral as well, but being in the middle of things may not suit me as much. My type of game. Thanks to a facination with demons and rpgs. I've gotten other games in the series such as Strange Journey and Devil Survivor 2. Plan to get more in the future. All the games in this series I've played so far have proven to be quite difficult of course being very fun as well. had the 3 games for several months and I've only beaten Devil Survivor so far. Close to beating Strange Journey but wow its difficult. On the final boss now but can't beat it due to being severely underleveled and not having good enough moves to counter the 1 hit kos the boss throws at you.

Comments

Haha 3 times must of been irritating to read xD i proberly should meke my messages shorter and easier... but i that but i know i wont :')

im the same on them short 1 word replies, someone just throws me a 'yes' or something of the sort it shows they dont really care or have no interest so i wont bother responding (how does one respond to 'ok'?) same reason i like long ones, more fun, more detail helps learn who you speaking to and of course shows the other person has interest of some sort in the conversation ^^

Haruhi is a great anime, i was the same, never felt like i thought there was anything 'special' to it (considering its lengendary known). But i got reading its book's (they didnt really cost much) and i got hooked into the epicness so i rewatched it and found it better on a whole new level, you should enjoy the movie though, its quite story based but with all the elements of the show (well dunno about you but i love kyon's narrating xD i dont normally care for naration but he makes me laugh). Lucky stars a great casual anime ^^ alot turn it down with its 'boring' first episode... i wont lie, when i first saw ep1 i thought 'wth am i watching' but i let it go on and enjoyed it :D i personaily love that weird shop guy who is obsessed with getting her to buy stuff from him xD i really enjoy lucky star for a casual thing though, when you want something fun but not to serious :) i admired konata for her Otaku ways o.o shes everything i dream to be xD

lol bye bye commercials memory ^^ well in all serious i know there needed and all but its just so nice now never seeing them, i imagine going back to them would be torture. i wish we had the life to watch them as they do in japan, just turn on tv and something good's on, instead our crap! man there comedy and story lines are so much better than ours aswell, i wouldnt be caught dead watching anything with romance genre all but a few years ago, now though i see alot i watch has some romance in it because they do it so well its interesting, theres always a story or a good joke to go with it :D

haha its true there. i see it that the further we advance the more primitive our minds become, the idea i see is we dont move, we dont technically get worst we just never get better but as everything is moving forward it would appear we move back as were sitting still watching everything move on ahead. im ashamed to be human, no wait im just ashamed to be western, i demand rebrith in japan! :D

i think its common for alot to think that way on where they live. I see england as a place i lost faith in as living here i can see the bad with my own eyes and you cant help but think everywhere else is better, i think most places are failing though. I say england is, you say america is, i been talking to a german kid who said simular about germany so it is probberly just a thing all the world is crumbling :( (reasons i wish to move to japan appear lol). Actually i bet japan aint perfect of course but i just feel it at least holds good morals and culture :P

well the thing i dislike about popular but nice ones is they still can and probberly will be influenced by others. i like to belive when people get older however they grow up a bit, when i entered college i found more mature people and no real bullies but i knew there was still alot round (i could tell just walking the corridors... so if i got a lucky nice class i dunno but i hope it was just some looked at themself when leaving school and though 'what am i doing with my life' (one can hope)

its true! why do we have to take initiative, they can and should consider who there saying this to before speaking, its not in everyones nature to grow up with full actor/actress like confidence. i actually wonder on that one 'does it ever occur to the girl to ask the guy out?' its something i ponder around alot, do they ever think this very thing? some might keep thinking if they should just do it themself or not (n i guess they decide no) but do they ever think like that or is it 'just hope he approaches me' or something? its kinda a awkward thing to ask a girl directly though is they think that way... so i never really bothered but i cant say im curious how they think on the concept. The only exception i cut is if by chance she holds a simular personailty (nervous/shy) they ok it cant be expected on either side, that was is a tough stalemate situation i guess =/

The outgoing point is a good one, outgoing friends are handy, i have gone places i objected to at first but was dragged along and in the end i have had some fun or met some new people so outgoing is good for a close friend to be. Only negative is finding them ^^ its easy to say 'it would be nice to make a outgoing friend' but meeting the person is the hard part lol suppose its a hard cycle though.

One thing i wonder with bullies is why they do it? there's so many excuses used about it being to relive stress or make em feel better about themselfs ye ok it might be true for one for 2 but not all of them!!! i think some do it to look good end off! who are they to ruin someone's life, another persons life they cant get back to feel good? i think there should be harsh law's stamped in on bullying, real punishments, not detention after class, im talking something to make the kid suffer (well suffer dont sound nice, but regret there actions) and make the parents try to raise them not to be bullies, that or just take up 'eye for an eye' (he punches me, teacher let me punch him xD) but i dont think eye for eye would do much hehehe but i would love some laws against it to really change to tide on bullies and stop it, some poor people loose there life to bullying (some are driven to suicide some get beat to death 'accidentaly' in what was meant to be a 'prank). Do bullies ever even feel guilt for that? imagine knowing you caused someone to commit suicide because you toyed with them and made em so misserable... it would kill me inside, but i suppose it doesnt change nothing these days *sigh*

I have taken a nice likeing to anime planet, but see this is what i like, most forums or sites or whatever you go to end up with people arguing and stuff but most anime sites are kind in there communities (i know not all are nice) but its always so easy to chat to one another, i just feel sad when people wont even try animes. I talk to Chewy via facebook, i said before i mainly just use facebook for messaging people, hes a example of them sort of people ^^ i will add your skype (will probberly be tomorrow or thursday though as its like 3am so when i send this im off to bed lol) i use skype time to time, not online a awful lot but when i am we can chat about this and that :P i agree, its nice getting to know someone from a online community then knowing them themself outside that community.

I think thats good for ELF. Truth be told Elfen Lied is epic and great but its hard to discuss one anime over and over, i mean man when i was fully active we tore it down to its bare roots with detail as minor as colours in clothes (lol?) but truth be told you will see new stuff and its hard not to discuss em, so without a constant stream of new members (inwhich then your just repeating yourself) you do need new area of discussion. So i think it will be a good thing how its expanding out. are all the main members ok about this? i know some will get annoyed but really i been to a few others specific anime forums (most all dead now) and they all the same, alot of activeity but they die as you cant keep centerised round one thing, nd ofcourse the more you watch the new favorites you adopt and so you get more a urge to go offtopic.

haha well longest message i sent once was to chewy on facebook, its was capped to long at 20,000 characters, so then i sent part 2 at another 18 odd thousand characters lol. i felt sorry for him readin that :P i think i do most on here to long but provided it doesnt bother you to bad i like sending em long ^^ (if they become a problem let me know and i will shorten them), i just think long = detailed and more interesting. though i retract earlier i said 3am to somthing... its 4:09am atm hehe ohwell. Also sorry for my over use of smily type faces, i have a weird thing i always have to put them in, i dunno why but ohwell.

This second comment i doubt would fitted to the first, well it might as i hope not to be to long on this one but ye :P

Some hinters for reviewing, well as you can tell im no pro at reviews myself. but i will try to cover what ican. First dont worry about being professional, remember your readers are more interested in what the anime is like now how well your grammer is! Really most reviews should cover Story, Sound, Animation and Characters. *note that people dont mind to much on animation so if you have little or nothing to comment on you dont need to add that* i will just put some basics for each below:

Story- Really you want to keep it spoiler free with no give away of what happens, so just explaining what the series is about, like in clannad you can explain its morals and how they develop, you can give small parts of the story (not so much spoilers but events) which happens provided there isnt to many, so saying the characters are enlisted as soliders, isnt a spolier even though it might not happen instantly (assuming the series is based on this). also though i know its a review i have a habbit of making it sound like your trying to make the person watch it (if its a positive review), just wording things like 'how these events effect whoever could cause some interesting bumps further down' <- actially that sucked for a example haha, but you know what i mean (or probberly dont) but if not i wouldnt worry xD

Animation- just explain if you found anything nice or special or not to appealing about how it has been drawn or animated, like in Air its famous known for its high detailed background images and highly enriched almost real life like images, as said this doesnt need to be longer than a few words or a short paragraph unless you love animation ^^ (i did do animation as part of a course but even i dont care about filling this one in)

Sountrack- a few comments on the op/ed songs and if they was appealing or suited the show. Then background music, if you never noticed it say so, remember in your favorite sad or romance scene? the music creates this scene, imagine clannad without music? it would loose so much elements, think this way, picture a few scenes you like and think if its music was good, comment on if the music changes the mood effectively or not (sorry if i sound weird, as said i did a course on this sorta stuff so its kinda natural for me to write likethis xD. But mainly focus on background music and if it worked wel with the scene (to much about the nice op theme gets boring :D)

Characters- as simple as, describe wether or not you liked the characters and why, does something ruin a character, was one of them really cute because they did something (or just look cute) are some annoying or enjoyable and why they are this way (a good thing is to mention is if a character annoys you because they did some dumb choices people would never do) otherwise thats about it, you could describe how characters act aswell i guess, like how haruhi's is energetic and what not.

Overall- your thoughts overall, summerize your review, is it worth watching, why, how enjoy is it and basically your just saying your thoughts of the show as a whole with a score out of 10

Basically like in the 'overall' each area of describing your thoughts and likes or dislikes about that area (so why you enjoy the story, the fact the ending theme feels like it ruins the atmosphere act). Also add a image or 2, i added many in angel beats, not always good to add lots unless you got uber lenghs of text, but a nice image after the first paragraph or so (fitting in with what your saying is best), it might sound child like to say people read nd enjoy when it has images but its true, a page of text (like what im writing here lol) can become boring so imagery looks nice and makes the review more interesting (a fitting image which looks good can pull people in instantly). I recomend between 2-4, one to three within the review its self and one at the start or end, provided your text isnt beeing overwhelemed by the large images and its obvious you have more text than image (so not 2 lines then image then 3 lines then image, i avoid use of images next to short paragraphs). Dont feel it has to be long, dont write like a line and say done but a essay (like my angel beats one) can be more offputting to read if it isnt interesting, i wouldnt say not to make em long though as longer means more detailed. And last of just say what you think, if every review is crap for a show dont think yours has to be, say if you like or hate a show no matter what everyone else scores it, we all are differant dont forget :P oh and one other thing, you might get some people who disagree with you, thats fine but ignore em if there rude, some one will always disagree right? otherwise thats all i can say xD this was longer than i planned so sorry about that ;P as i said im not the best with reviews and i probberly just explained the obvious stuff out, so sorry if this wasnt usefull. Best of luck with your revies though :)

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